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Joe Cortright

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Metro and Caltrans 5 Freeway widening through Burbank. Everybody talks about  how we can't keep widening freeways. And everybody keeps doing it. Photo by Joe Linton
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Two Big Reasons States Keep Expanding Freeways

By Joe Cortright | Apr 22, 2022 | No Comments
Highway widening advocates offer up a kind of manifest destiny storyline: population and traffic are ever-increasing, and unless we accommodate them we’ll be awash in cars, traffic and gridlock.  The rising tide of cars is treated as a irresistible force of nature. But is it?
An unfiltered image from Salem, Ore. during a 2020 wildfire. Source: Bruhmoney77, CC
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Oregon DOT’s Real Climate Plan: Keep on Polluting

By Joe Cortright | Dec 14, 2021 | No Comments
The Oregon DOT’s “Climate Action Plan” claims the agency wants to decrease greenhouse gases, but its revenue projections show it is planning for gasoline consumption not to decline at all – meaning that carbon emissions don’t decline, either. 
Image: Piqsels via Creative Commons
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Opinion: American Parking Socialism

By Joe Cortright | Oct 22, 2021 | No Comments
"There may be massive inequities in other aspects of life, but each citizen is guaranteed equal access to adequate parking spaces." - Joe Cortright
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How to Stop Giving Parking Developers A Free Ride

By Joe Cortright | Jan 19, 2021 | No Comments
There are good reasons of efficiency and fairness for asking parking lot owners to pay more toward dealing with the costs they impose. A tax on parking could be one way to get it done.
Just one of Phoenix's massive interstates, via Creative Commons
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Phoenix Leaders Are Climate Hypocrites — And They’re Not Alone

By Joe Cortright | Dec 4, 2020 | No Comments
Phoenix says it’s going to reduce greenhouse gases 90 percent by 2050, but the city’s transportation greenhouse gases have risen 1,000 pounds per person since 2014, and it’s planning to spend hundreds of millions widening freeways.
Photo: teslaparkinglot/Instagram
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Op-Ed: It Shouldn’t Cost 31x More To Take Transit Than Park

By Joe Cortright | Sep 24, 2020 | No Comments
Everything you need to know about equity and privilege in urban transportation is reflected in how much we charge for parking compared to transit.
Geary Pedestrian Crossing
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Op-Ed: Why Most Pedestrian Infrastructure Is Really for Drivers

By Joe Cortright | Sep 8, 2020 | No Comments
Big money “pedestrian” projects are often remedial and performative — and their real purpose is to serve faster car traffic.
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Why Peak Period Road Pricing Is Fair

By Joe Cortright | Sep 29, 2017 | No Comments
Peak hour car commuters in Portland have incomes almost double those who travel by transit, bike, and foot.
Net zero, provided you ignore what its used for. Photo: Haselden Construction
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How Green Is My Free Parking Structure? Not Very.

By Joe Cortright | Jul 20, 2017 | No Comments
Why does the National Renewable Energy Lab give its employees free parking?
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Urban Myth Busting: Congestion, Idling, and Carbon Emissions

By Joe Cortright | Jul 7, 2017 | No Comments
Increasing road capacity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will backfire.
Photo: Robert Jack Wikimedia CC License
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Yet Another Flawed Congestion Report From Inrix

By Joe Cortright | Feb 28, 2017 | No Comments
Do the costs of congestion outweigh the costs of building wider roads? Probably not. Despite an impressive amount of data, Inrix falls into the same old traps with its congestion report.
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What the Price of Parking Shows Us About Cities

By Joe Cortright | Oct 24, 2016 | No Comments
Cross-posted from City Observatory.  Earlier, we rolled out our parking price index, showing the variation in parking prices among large US cities. Gleaning data from ParkMe, a web-based directory of parking lots and rates, we showed how much it cost to park on a monthly basis in different cities. There’s a surprising degree of variation: […]
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